Contents of Issue 11-12. Cover: St. Maršo. – Supplements: Spelling Guide. Typophoto amateurs. – Articles: Prof. Josef Kubálek: About syllable writers. Adolf Wenig: Books of our children. Emil Pacovský: Illustrations of Czech books for young people in the last ten years. Frant. Marek: What a children’s book looks like from a technical point of view. Václav Šafr: How a children’s book is born. Jindra Vichnar: A typographer considers school books. Collector: Contemporary Russian children’s book. Dr. Miloslav Novotný: Bulgarian children’s book. E. Zappe: Alphabet for printers of color commercials. František Peša: From the notes of a machine typesetter (Linotype). Book printing review.
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
From the graphic design archive:
Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Advertising matter from post-World War II Britain for British Aluminium Company. Designs by Abram Games, Tom Eckersley, FHK Henrion, Pat Keely, and James Hart, who collectively crafted over 100 four-color and 300 black-and-white advertisements.
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Design Archive Feature, Magazines & Publishing, Members Only Content, Regional Histories
Before setting up Ken Garland & Associates in Camden, London, Ken was art editor of Design magazine in 1956. The magazine was published by the Council of Industrial Design, which was set up in 1944 with the prime focus of supporting Britains economic recovery.
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Parallel Public is a new publication by Sara Blaylock, published by MIT Press. The book documents the East German artists pioneering work that made their country’s experimental art scene a form of (counter) public life.
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